The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Sen. Adamu Aliero of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of Kebbi Central Senatorial District election held on Feb. 25.
The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Abbas Yusuf-Bazata, who announced the result on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi said Aliero defeated Gov. Abubakar Bagudu to the seat.
Prof. Bazata said that Aliero scored 126,588 votes to defeat Bagudu, the incumbent governor of Kebbi and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 92,389 votes.
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He added that Abubakar Bello-Tilli of Social Democratic Party (SDP) scored 1,874 votes, while Umar Rufa’i of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) got 992 votes.
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